The Fight Nerd meets Bruce Buffer at the UFC Fan Expo in Boston to discuss his new action figure from Round 5 MMA, and what his favorite toys were growing up. Bruce also tells us about his philosophy on ring announcing, makes his predictions for UFC 118 and makes The Fight Nerd crap his pants [...]
Boxing VS MMA has been a debate raging on for years between the two combat sports. We almost had an answer in the form of Din Thomas VS Ricardo Mayorga earlier this year, but unfortunately Don King (and the executives at Shine Fights) had another thing to say about that match happening. Enter James Toney, [...]
After months of teasing, EA Sports MMA (also known as the alternative to that UFC Undisputed game that is not selling too well) announced the official roster for the heavyweights and light heavyweights in their upcoming title on their blog. We already knew a majority of the fighters in the game, but it is nice [...]
Round 5 has unveiled its exclusive for the upcoming UFC Fan Expo in Boston on August 27-28 at the John B. Hynes Convention Center. We are getting the first ever three pack, featuring UFC announcer, Bruce Buffer!
The “3-packs” are enhanced versions of the new Round 5 “Versus” line, distinctly new figurines highlighting battle scenes from [...]
An interview on Fighters Only website revealed that “The Natural” Randy Couture has a desire to fight Mirko Crocop. Randy, whose son Ryan is making his pro-MMA debut on August 13th in Srikeforce, was quoted by “a source very close to the veteran fighter” at Xtreme Couture as saying:
“I can almost guarantee that he would [...]
Ryan Couture’s Pro Debut against Art Martinez from Tuff-N-Uff, Feb. 2009
The August Strikeforce Challengers event is shaping up to be interesting, despite the company still being unsure of whether Carina Damm will be fighting or not. Ryan Couture, son of MMA legend Randy “The Natural” Couture, has signed a multi-fight agreement STRIKEFORCE and will make [...]
The Fight Nerd, with Tomopop.com, takes a look at the second wave of the “UFC Collector” series from Round 5 MMA collectibles. This line includes five-inch caricatured versions of UFC headliners BJ Penn, Randy Couture, Forrest Griffin, Michael Bisping, Tito Ortiz and Kimbo Slice. Are these vinyl figures worth your hard-earned cash or should you [...]
Electronic Arts is gearing up for the October release of EA Sports MMA for the next-gen consoles, which you can see the cover of the game at this link here, and has just released a cornucopia of images (which are after the jump) and a keen video to give you a preview of what is [...]
E3 continues to bring us new goodies from the MMA gaming world. This time around, we get a glimpse of some of the gameplay footage of EA Sports MMA with the heavyweights doing battle. Digital versions of Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianeko do battle inside a Japanese style ring, and there must be a winner! [...]
At yesterday’s EA press conference, EA Sports president announced two major facts about EA Sports MMA, the publisher’s upcoming mixed martial arts game. Two of the headlining fighters in the game, Fedor Emelianenko and Randy Couture, will share the cover. And we finally have a release date: October 19th, 2010. This is also days before [...]
